John Thornhill JP (14 July 1815 – 28 January 1875) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

John Thornhill
Personal information
Full name
John Thornhill
Born14 July 1815
Hemingford Grey, Huntingdonshire, England
Died28 January 1875(1875-01-28) (aged 59)
Boxworth, Cambridgeshire, England
BattingUnknown
RelationsCharles Thornhill (brother)
George Thornhill (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1840–1842Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 19
Batting average 6.33
100s/50s –/–
Top score 8
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 May 2021

The son of the politician George Thornhill, he was born in July 1815 at Hemingford Grey, Huntingdonshire. He was educated at Rugby School,[1] before going up to St John's College, Cambridge.[2] After graduating from Cambridge, he took holy orders in the Anglican Church, being ordained as a deacon at Durham Cathedral in 1838. His first ecclesiastical post was at Boxworth in Cambridgeshire, where he was appointed reverend in 1839.[2] Thornhill was from a cricketing family, with his brothers Charles and George both playing first-class cricket. Thornhill himself played two first-class matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club, both against Cambridge University at Cambridge in 1840 and 1842.[3] He scored 19 runs in his two matches, with a highest score of 8.[4] From 1850 he was concurrently the reverend of Childerley, a hamlet to the south of Boxworth.[2] Thornhill was also a justice of the peace for Cambridgeshire. He died at Boxworth in January 1875.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Rugby School Register. Vol. 1. Rugby: A. J. Lawrence. 1881. p. 159.
  2. ^ a b c Venn, John (1944). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 6. Cambridge University Press. p. 174.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Thornhill". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  4. ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Thornhill". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  5. ^ Deaths. Cambridge Chronicle and Journal. 30 January 1875. p. 4
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